Famous Deaths Happened In 1848

Jan 05 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1848.  

Jan 09 Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1750) died on this day in history.  

Jan 20 Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) died in the year 1848.  

Feb 15 Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771) died in the year 1848.  

Feb 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Feb 23 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 03 On this day in history heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies  

Mar 20 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

Mar 29 On this day in history john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84  

Apr 08 On this day in history domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50  

Apr 10 On this day in history godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69  

Apr 24 In the year 1848 francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabanconne), dies at 69  

Apr 30 On this day in history friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53  

May 11 Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781) died in the year 1848.  

May 18 On this day in history william A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF  

May 25 In the year 1848 death of annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)  

May 31 In the year 1848 death of eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)  

Jun 27 Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 died on this day in history.  

Jul 04 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 22 Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Aug 06 On this day in history nicola Vaccai, Italian composer, dies at 58  

Aug 07 In the year 1848 death of jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)  

Aug 09 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 12 In the year 1848 george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies  

Aug 15 Timothy Olmstead, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1848.  

Sep 11 In the year 1848 henri-Philippe Gerard, composer, dies at 87  

Oct 04 Louis Massonneau, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1848.  

Oct 05 On this day in history death of joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)  

Oct 26 In the year 1848 vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies  

Oct 27 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 in the year 1848.  

Nov 09 On this day in history death of robert Blum, German MP (Liberal), executed  

Nov 10 On this day in history death of christian VIII of Denmark, King of Denmark (b. 1786)  

Nov 15 P Rossi, Italian, murdered died in the year 1848.  

Nov 17 In the year 1848 jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of john Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)  

Jan 04 In the year 1848 birth of katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)  

Jan 05 In the year 1848 birth of khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet  

Jan 09 In the year 1848 birth of princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)  

Jan 18 In the year 1848 birth of ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925)  

Jan 19 John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman (d. 1904) was born in the year 1848.  

Jan 21 Henri Duparc, French composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages)